Orange announce their own tablet

Orange have announced their very own Orange Tablet. It’s a 7″ device and will be arriving in Spain, Romania, Poland and Slovakia. Sadly this device isn’t going to turn up in other countries but, if you are in one of the countries selling it, you get Android 2.1 and 3G / EDGE connectivity. The device will double as a photo frame or desk clock and has 8GB of on-board memory with a microSD expansion slot and HD video playback. It’s selling for around 99 euros with 2 year contracts and allows texting from the device.

Update – This is the Huawei S7 Tablet

Orange strengthens its tablet portfolio with launch of the Orange tablet

Paris, February 15, 2011

7″ Android Tablet available in four markets on launch, broadening choice in a popular product category

Extends Orange’s tablet portfolio and supports strategy to give more customers access to the services they love across different price points

Orange Tablet is available to customers in Spain, Romania, Poland and Slovakia

Orange today announced the launch of its own Orange-branded tablet. The 7″ Android device available in four markets – Spain, Poland, Slovakia and Romania – is lowering the entry level for tablet computing and broadening the company’s portfolio of tablet devices.

With a seven inch capacitive screen, Android 2.1 and 3G/Edge connectivity, the Orange tablet offers portable, touch screen computing at a competitive price. It joins Apple’s iPad and the Samsung Galaxy Tab in Orange’s growing tablet portfolio.

Yves Maitre, senior vice president, Group Devices & Mobile Multimedia for Orange, said: “Tablet computing is an extremely popular and growing segment of the consumer technology market and we want to offer our customers the best possible choice of device to suit all budgets and requirements. By providing the widest choice of seven and ten inch touchscreen tablets, Orange is providing new ways to access the content and services our customers want. We will continue to expand our tablet and smartphone portfolio throughout 2011.”

Each of the four markets has designed specific tariffs and bundles for the Orange Tablet.